Now that we have finished our bookclub book, we have one more meeting November 5th. I need you to RSVP if you plan on attending. The meeting will be brown bag, noon-1:00 pm. Please e-mail me at lisa@lisaslentils.com. This is our last meeting of 2012. We may cancel if I don’t receive RSVP, thank you. … Continue reading
Chapter 11: Detoxifying Your Life for Life
Week 8: Committing to the Detox Lifestyle – Changing Our Minds Means Changing Our Lives This chapter sums up all the chapters preceding it, stating that what we eat builds up over time within our body and we want to basically keep up the great work! We want to continue a disease free lifestyle. This book … Continue reading
Chapter 10: Beyond Your Diet, Week 7: Detoxifying and the World around You – Environmental Issues
This week’s chapter focuses on environmental toxins which are not really something that we can do much about but the statistics are staggering. For example, Alex states that in 2002 the EPA reported that mercury emissions had increased 10% with lead levels up 3% and dioxin levels up 5%. This was in 2002 so I can only … Continue reading
Chapter 9: Too Much of a Good Thing? Week 6: Finding Balance with Protien
This chapter was fascinating to me. Being in the minority of Americans who do not get enough protein, I really learned a lot about additional protein resources that I don’t always look to and side effects of too much or too little protein. For example, Alex states high protein diets have been linked to cancer, osteoporosis, asthma, constipation … Continue reading
Chapter 8: A Carb is Not a Carb is Not a Carb
This is a great chapter telling us to focus on what type of carbs we are eating, which is the takeaway and most important point. Whole grains, one group of carbohydrates focused on, are powerhouses of energy and lasting stamina, but what are whole grains? Whole grains are grains in their natural form, quinoa, brown rice, millet … Continue reading
Lisa’s Lentils Healthy Happy Hour Book Club – September 24th
I want to thank all the members of the Lisa’s Lentils Healthy Happy Hour Book Club who had the opportunity to come to the meeting today. We had a fabulous phone call with Alex Jamieson, author of “The Great American Detox Diet”. Alex gave us some helpful hints on our own health as well as … Continue reading
Chapter 7: The Skinny on Fat
This week we discuss good fats and bad fats and their relevance to our diet. Alex explains how to read food labels related to fat content in packaged items including low-calorie, reduced calorie, calorie free, fat-free, low-fat, and free, no or zero. She also defines what fat is, and that while all fats contain 9 … Continue reading
Chapter 6: The Caffeine Crutch – Week 3: Breaking the Habit – Nutritional Issue: Caffeine
Hello everyone! This week’s topic is caffeine! I learned quite a bit reading this chapter. I do enjoy a cup of coffee each morning as part of my routine, however, after reading this chapter, I am going to switch back to decaf. I learned so much about how caffeine interacts with our bodies as Alex … Continue reading
Chapter 5: How Sweet It Isn’t: Week 2: Rethinking Our Love Affair with Sugar
This week’s chapter focuses on sugar and different types of sweeteners as well as how to eliminate sugar and chemical sweeteners from our diet. Alex goes into details regarding the average intake of sugar per person in America which is 20 teaspoons/day, twice as much as the USDA recommendation. Considering one 12-ounce can of Coke … Continue reading
Chapter 4 “Everyone into the Pool”
Please note: All the material in this blog is excerpt from the book “The Great American Detox” by Alex Jamieson Chapter 4 highlights the importance of water. Drinking 10 glasses of water replaces the water we lose during the day which consists of 2.5 liters. We lose 2 cups of water due to perspiration, 2 … Continue reading
